Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[beanonastring]

The top is my Euskal Oiloa Basque rooster (Buster) at about 3 month the bottom one is him about 1 month ago, he is now 10 month and very large.

 

[Maggiesdad]

That's a good lookin' boy, Bean.

 

[LavendarFeather]

He's very handsome!

 

[GaryDean26]

I have a cockerel who is more colorful than any I've had in the past. Is this coloring acceptable?

The black trousers on the cockerel is caused by a lack of the correct columbian restrictor gene. If his type is better, then I would keep him. I would just would make sure to not pair him with one of our "deer" color hens. If with a correct "leonado" colored hen (err...yellow-orange), then you should see some cockerels out of him that have the correct colored trousers with the added benefit of better type and vigor than you could expect from the wimpy cockerel.

FYI - The Standard for the Cream Legbar cockerel is black barring on the hackles and white ear lobes. The EO's standard is for the dark orange barring on the hackles and red ear lobes. This guy has red lobes and the dark orange barring on this hackles. SOP Cream Legbar also have a crest, and off white (cream) saddle feathers (similar to our "Blondie" EO cockerel in the front right corner) . Both the EO's and Cream Legbars however made it to North American not conforming to their respective breed standards, but the barring and lobes seen to be the most reliable indicators between the two breeds.

 

[1muttsfan]

Very interesting Gary, thank you

 

[GaryDean26]

Oh course if you have room for two cockerels, you might consider keeping the one with the best color and the one with the best type from each grow out group.

That is how a lot of my selection have ended up in some breeds. The theory is that I can breed the best colored hen to the best type rooster and the best typed rooster to the best color hen to eventually get birds with better color and better type. That may just be canceling out any progress in either area, but I am learning as I go.

 

[LavendarFeather]

Thank you for the thoughtful replies, Gary. I will probably keep both boys for now, anyway...

 

[tiana29]

Hi Everyone,
So I had (4) Basque hatch that are now a little over 1 week old. Anyone want to guess there sex?

Green


Black


Red


Pink

 

[CackleJoy]

Started with 10, kept 2 pullets and got a cockerel from another source.
This is our breeding trio - the pullets come from GFF descendants and the cockerel comes from skyline descendants. I'm happy with our starting point. Just need more pullets!

 

[Maggiesdad]

Started with 10, kept 2 pullets and got a cockerel from another source.
This is our breeding trio - the pullets come from GFF descendants and the cockerel comes from skyline descendants. I'm happy with our starting point. Just need more pullets!

That's a really good start! I like the barring on the first pullet. Does your boy have yellow legs? Track the offspring of the two pullets if you can, watching for who has yellow legs and more open tail. Try to move away from the pinched tail.